Dillsburg senior center loses a large chunk of funding, calls for more seniors to get involved

The Dillsburg Senior Center, located at 1 N. Second St., has lost county funding for not having enough attendees at its daily lunches.Tricia Kline

DILLSBURG—The Dillsburg Senior Activity Center has lost approximately $10,000 in its most recent funding from the York County Area Agency on Aging for being just a few attendees shy for daily lunches at the center.

The center last year lost its fully-funded contract with the county, and was given a provisional satellite nutrition status. A new county contract, with funding going from its highest ever-received of about $49,000 to $30,000, was restored to the now-designated satellite center Oct. 1.

Director Scott Shughart said the center is currently averaging 28 to 30 for daily lunches served. The county last year was requiring fully-funded senior centers to average 40, and have since revised the requirements for satellite centers to host an average of 30—down from the original number of 35.

Shughart reported this week that in the last six months, the center has served 3,465 daily lunches and delivered 3,153 Meals on Wheels.

The center also continues to offer a variety of trips and programming.

The call continues for more seniors to attend the center for daily lunches—which cost $3.50 per person—so funding can continue. There is also a need for more Meals on Wheels volunteers.